"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

'Covers the campus like the magnolias'
"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

Comedy Transformed From Concision To Communion

Comedy Transformed From Concision To Communion

Kyle Ferrer August 29, 2019

It seems Shakespeare’s old bon mot about brevity and the soul of wit is going through a process of inversion.The comedy podcast, a new medium (at least compared to stand-up comedy) has helped bloom a...

The U.S. Should Take Its Climate Cue From Europe

The U.S. Should Take Its Climate Cue From Europe

Olivia Field August 29, 2019

If you have logged onto any form of social media in the past few months, you’ve seen the posts and read the articles: “The Amazon rainforest is on fire. Here’s what that means for the environment”;...

Muellers Report Is A Referral For Impeachment

Mueller’s Report Is A Referral For Impeachment

Amanda Wilcox April 25, 2019

Last week, special counsel Robert Mueller delivered the most damaging indictment of a current president’s conduct since Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski established a “road map” for the impeachment...

Arts Impracticality Is Superceded By Its Creative Virtues

Art’s Impracticality Is Superceded By Its Creative Virtues

Will May April 25, 2019

Contrary to popular belief, humanity has yet to completely vanquish the once all-encompassing paradigm of “nasty, brutish and short” imposed by Mother Nature. This antiquated model, in which one struggles...

Digital Community Dilutes The Potency Of Memory

Digital Community Dilutes The Potency Of Memory

Kyle Ferrer April 25, 2019

I have commented before on our culture’s instantaneity and its weakening of artistic memory. On-demand art, via Spotify stream, Amazon order or online publication, allows us to consume more (while also...

Tiger Woods Transcends Golf To Become A Generational Athlete

Tiger Woods Transcends Golf To Become A Generational Athlete

John Manos April 25, 2019

It was the year 2000, at the AT&T Pebble Beach National pro-am, and a man stood over his ball with a wedge some 110-yards out — 15th hole, second shot. The crowd, dead silent. As everyone locked...

The Pauses In Life Tell Us Volumes About Ourselves

The Pauses In Life Tell Us Volumes About Ourselves

Julia Haines April 25, 2019

I bet you didn’t know there was a word for the sixth of an inch that stands between headlines and articles, captions and photos, bylines and pages. It’s about 12 spaces wide, or high depending on your...

College Friendships Remain Integral To A Complete Experience

College Friendships Remain Integral To A Complete Experience

Becky Swig April 25, 2019

When I first stepped on Wake Forest’s campus as a student in August 2015, I did not know what to expect. Everything I had anticipated about college either came from my older sister’s experience at...

Social Reform Takes More Than An Election

Social Reform Takes More Than An Election

Jack Portman April 18, 2019

Politics often shape the ebb and flow of social change, but frequently the inverse is true as well. Shifting cultural values have defined and redefined the composition of governments historically, such...

Notre Dame Cathedral Represents Resiliency

Notre Dame Cathedral Represents Resiliency

Olivia Field April 18, 2019

When I opened up my phone to a photo of Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral billowing with smoke, I immediately developed a pit in my stomach. At first, I attributed the unsettling feeling to the fact that...

Left-Wing Biases Permeate National Media Conversation

Left-Wing Biases Permeate National Media Conversation

John Manos April 18, 2019

What are you reading? What do you want to read? Why do you read? I can guarantee, whatever it is you read, it’s biased — unless it’s Pew Research or a Physics 113 lab report. Seeing a correlation?...

Wake Forest Offers Insufficient Mental Health Resources

Wake Forest Offers Insufficient Mental Health Resources

Becky Swig April 18, 2019

It is no secret that mental health is a concern on Wake Forest’s campus and on college campuses nationwide. According to the American Psychological Association, anxiety is the top presenting concern...

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